Parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, librarians, friends and community leaders all play a role in literacy. And so do writers. That last group – the writers – is the topic for this issue. If you’ve written a children’s book, middle grade book or YA book – or if you want to – you’ve come to the right place. Read More “Your role in shaping the next generation”
Articles
A good way to end a year
While we were putting this issue together, we were thinking of the ways in which you as a writer might be assessing the last 12 months. What did you accomplish? What made you proud? How did your writing move to the next step, stage or discovery? Read More “A good way to end a year”
Short story contest winner: Macerated
Tell It Strange was the theme of a collaborative contest held this summer by The Writer and Gotham Writers Workshop in New York City. Read More “Short story contest winner: Macerated”
Short story contest runner up: The Young Wife
Laura Jean Schneider’s winning entry for the Tell It Strange writing contest. Read More “Short story contest runner up: The Young Wife”
Short story contest runner up: The Hippie Picnic
Julie Reiser’s winning entry for the Tell It Strange writing contest. Read More “Short story contest runner up: The Hippie Picnic”
When you’re a writer, life can slip into strangeness
Making a work your own is what drives us, whether we’re employed by a corporate organization or slaving away at a desk in a living room in the Florida swamps. Read More “When you’re a writer, life can slip into strangeness”
A grammar giveaway!
Win big with N. M. Gwynne’s grammar tips. Read More “A grammar giveaway!”
What makes you squirm as a writer or editor?
To survive as creative people, we take risks. We stay up late. We teeter between worlds. Nearly every writer in this issue refers to the persistence you must have to be a writer. Read More “What makes you squirm as a writer or editor?”
The most influential people in your writing life
Since this is September, the official back-to-school month, we’ve had classrooms on our minds here at The Writer. Read More “The most influential people in your writing life”
Not long ago, an out-of-town friend and I were sitting in a train station
I like to think of our magazine as being the same kind of “meeting at the depot” experience for our readers – except our topic is craft. Read More “Not long ago, an out-of-town friend and I were sitting in a train station”